N/A Silicone oil and grease, and o-rings

[MikeVV]

For your perusal -

Just getting into RC cars, I found this section of various silicone lubes of different viscosity's. Used for tuning shocks . From easily pourable to a lot higher viscosity.
NOTE - I bought some 70w. it's still pourable.
And yes, it's pure silicone. as advertised.

Then there is the "dif. grease". I'm guessing it's similar to most silicone grease viscosity (?) . Pretty thick, not really pourable.
Then, I posted the address to the whole section again, because they have a LOT of silicone, o-rings. But, only some of the venders list the size (by dimension and or by size number ), some don't ! Use at your own risk.

Search for: silicone - AMain Hobbies

www.amainhobbies.com

So, if you have a problem finding silicone lube...here ya go.

Mike

 

[PlinkDaddy]

New to these high power airguns, but old school RC car racer I was looking for what I needed to lube the guns and all I gotta do is bust out the RC toolbox.

And yes diff grease is comparable to silicone plumbers grease. But comes in known viscosities. Like a 1,000,000w. Pack the differential with it to create/tune a limited slip diff.

 

[jakeb]

New to these high power airguns, but old school RC car racer I was looking for what I needed to lube the guns and all I gotta do is bust out the RC toolbox.

And yes diff grease is comparable to silicone plumbers grease. But comes in known viscosities. Like a 1,000,000w. Pack the differential with it to create/tune a limited slip diff.

Turbo Optima !!!

 

[PlinkDaddy]

Turbo Optima !!!

I still have two late 80's RC10s and a Tamiya Lunch Box (monster truck Grasshopper). My HPI Nitro RS4's are 20+ years old now.... wow.

 

[jmohme]

Losi Jrx 2
Man that's been a long time ago.

 

[Revin]

I've heard of adding a drop or 2 of silicone oil at the fill port for internal lube. Good idea or bad?

 

[nervoustrig]

Adding silicone to the fill port will succeed in lubricating the check valve O-ring but that’s it. There is no mechanism by which it can be distributed elsewhere throughout the gun, which is okay because it would be of dubious benefit even if it could.

 

[jakeb]

I still have two late 80's RC10s and a Tamiya Lunch Box (monster truck Grasshopper). My HPI Nitro RS4's are 20+ years old now.... wow.

Had a dirt track and 7 buddies that raced 1/10 scale electric 4WD every summer Sunday in the mid ‘80s.
Races were 5 min.
Rules: If you get lapped, you’re out. If you crash/flip/malfunction, you’re now an obstacle on the track till the end of the race -If you happen to get knocked back upright before being lapped, you’re back in!
Of course this was before any of us were married.
Apologize for off topic!